Waterfalls
Raddatz and Chuvisco.
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Agudo is a small town of about 16,000 people in central Rio Grande do Sul, at 83 metres near Santa Maria, in the immigrant «Quarta Colônia» region, known for its German heritage and hilly scenery. Traces of ancient Indigenous cultures have been found on its land, and its name first appeared on an 1800 map after a hill called Agudo, «sharp». The provincial government then founded the Santo Ângelo colony here for German immigrants, whose traditions live on in the houses, gardens and orchards around each farm. Visitors come for ecotourism and country food: the Drews, Hoffmann and Friedrich river bathing spots, the Raddatz and Chuvisco waterfalls, the Gruta do Índio cave, Morro Agudo, and the 531-metre Morro da Figueira with its paragliding ramp. It is known for growing rice and strawberries.
Raddatz and Chuvisco.
From Morro da Figueira.
For bathing.
Agudo, central Rio Grande do Sul state
«Sharp», after a local hill.